General

Welcome, 2023. Did you go into the fourth quarter of 2022 promising to find new ways to grow your business in 2023? Of course, you did. Everyone does. Then life happened. Thanksgiving popped up, Christmas stole a whole month, you blinked, and now 2023 is here and in full swing.…

Successful businesses must be built on three foundations to soar to the next level: Access to capital, the ability to identify market opportunities to acquire customers, and the ability to build sufficient business capacity.

The A.G. Business Institute is a tribute to the late Arthur George (A.G.) Gaston, a legendary African-American entrepreneur who Black Enterprise hailed as the Black Entrepreneur of the 20th Century.

Capacity, capital and customers. You'll see this phrase referred to on our websites, social media and on other material developed and distributed by the Birmingham Business Resource Center (BBRC).